Laugher moth
Charadra deridens
The laugher is a moth with marbled grey wings from North America. It has a funny name, but nobody knows if it ever laughs. Its caterpillars like beech leaves best.
Lives in
Canada and most of the United States, except the southwest
Wingspan
3.8 to 4.8 cm (1.5 to 1.9 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat beech leaves, and also birch, elm, maple and oak.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
🧱wings as wide as 1.5 toy building bricks⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 25 seconds
How big is Laugher moth compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Laugher moth about 15 km/h (9.3 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Its wings are about 4 to 5 centimetres from tip to tip.
2
In the north it flies from May to August, but in Florida its season is longer.
3
Its other name is the marbled tuffet moth, because of its marble-like pattern.
you asked
Most asked questions about Laugher moth
?Is the laugher moth harmful?
No. It is a harmless moth of the woods.
?What does the laugher moth eat?
Its caterpillars eat leaves of beech, birch, elm, maple and oak.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Charadra deridens
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Noctuidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Laugher, Marbled tuffet moth
Where the facts come from
- Charadra deridens (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Judy Gallagher. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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